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  1. World · Fri, Nov 13Analysis: Microsoft says its global outage was 'not related to cyber.' Five questions before its report comes out
  2. White House · Fri, Nov 13FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after air traffic communications outage; departures resume
  3. Breaking World · Fri, Nov 13World News Update: SpaceX launches Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas, and the ship reaches orbit; FAA halts flights nationwide
  4. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTFAA halts departures at every U.S. airport after a communications outage hits air traffic control centers; DHS says no sign yet of an attack
  5. Supreme Court · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump can suspend asylum at the southern border
  6. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTTrump to hold first-ever three-way summit with Xi and Putin next Thursday in Shenzhen, focused on nuclear arms control, Post reports
  7. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Bessent reportedly confronted Lutnick in the Situation Room over delays in blacklisting Megaspeed, the chip firm tied to the Huang spy scandal
  8. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Gulf states tell the UN Security Council Iran has fired more than 7,000 missiles and drones at them; Iran says two more tankers hit mines in Hormuz
  9. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTSpaceX launches Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas; booster catch aborted and Super Heavy splashes down in the Gulf, while the ship reaches orbit
  10. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTU.S. troops respond to "unauthorized drone activity" at RAF Lakenheath in Britain; Air Force says no one was harmed
  11. Breaking World · Fri, Nov 13World News Update: SpaceX set to launch Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas; U.S. denies Iran's Bahrain radar strike claim
  12. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTUpdate: After meeting U.S. envoys in Dublin, Zelenskyy says Europe will join the next round of peace talks and the biggest prisoner swap of the war is being prepared
  13. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTIran's Revolutionary Guard claims it destroyed a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain as Tehran says more tankers hit mines in Hormuz
  14. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTIran tells the UN nuclear watchdog inspections can't resume while it is "under threat"; IAEA "increasingly concerned" about uninspected Isfahan plant
  15. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTUpdate: U.S. Army officer held in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia is named as Lt. Col. Brandon Tyner; charges expected next week
  16. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTSpaceX targets Starship Flight 15 today from Starbase, Texas: first try at catching both the booster and the ship
  17. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTSen. Tim Scott calls Commerce Secretary Lutnick and ex-Nvidia CEO Huang to testify Dec. 3 over national security concerns; White House says Trump has "complete confidence" in Lutnick
  18. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTDOJ freezes more than $2.7 billion and moves to seize $1.2 billion from North Korea's $6.3 billion Binance heist; FBI takes down "FaceStealer" scheme
  19. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTWhite House "optimistic" about ending Sen. Cramer's hold on Trump nominees before Republicans lose the Senate; Cramer eyes a deal "not too long after Thanksgiving"
  20. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 6 AM CTAG Blanche: "No ongoing" criminal investigations into incoming Democrats' oversight warnings; "That is not a crime to say that"